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AstroBank has recently stated that it has signed an agreement to receive the operations of USB Bank, including its staff but excluding certain unspecified assets for an unspecified consideration.
The proposed agreement which will allow AstroBank to maximize its balance sheet by 55%, is anticipated to…

BRICS which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is becoming more and more influential since it started more than a decade ago.
Moreover, what BRICS do have in common is that they are all economies transitioning from developing to developed.
By 2016, BRICS held 41% of the world’s…

Venture Capital firm Golden Gate Ventures recently stated that it will launch a USD $10 million fund to invest into blockchain technology and cryptocurrency startups.
The Singapore based venture capital firm plans to launch the fund, under the name, LuneX Ventures, which will invest in early-stage…

Initial Coin Offerings have raised USD $18 billion for blockchain startups in 2018, which is almost 5 times the total last year, according to sources.
The top ICOs to be aware of going in Q3 are Qravity, Coti, Explorio, Akropolis, ImmVRse, Pool of Stake, AITrading, Arround, Free Market Token & Hedera…

A substantial amount of Google employees have signed a protest letter over the firm’s reported work on a censor-friendly search engine to return into China.
According to sources, the employees are requesting more transparency so that they can understand the moral implications of their work.
The respective…

According to sources, Cyprus has been included in a list of EU member states where so-called controlled centres could be situated in order to process refugees and migrants disembarking on EU soil.
This is following ongoing attempts to create a common migration policy within the bloc.
The government…

It is said that Singapore will continue with its growth forecast for 2018 as data displayed that the economy grew at a slightly better-than-expected 3.9% in the second quarter from a year ago, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) stated recently.
Gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow…

For those people searching for new career opportunities, Google’s new job search feature in Singapore is now available.
The feature which is directly built into Google Search, sees job listings brought together from 1,500+ sites including LinkedIn, MyCareersFuture.sg, JobsCentral, FastJobs, Monster,…

Seoul Police have requested an international arrest warrant for the founder of firm based in Singapore after initiating an investigation into the firm and a South Korean start-up over false claims of finding a long-lost Russian “treasure ship”.
Shinil Group, which is based in Seoul, announced in July…